Chapter 1 ■ the Different faCes of Java: Create a Java 9 Development Workstation
Ubuntu Linux. The software can be found on the wings3d.com and the latest version is 64-bit, is a 16MB
download, and can currently be downloaded for free.
Next I will show you how I organize some of the basic OS utilities and open source software on the
Taskbar. Over the next few chapters, we will start to learn the principles behind using new media assets, and
after that, how to use NetBeans 9 to create a JavaFX 9 project, and then we will get into the Java programming
language, in the chapter after that, before we start to learn about the particulars regarding the powerful
JavaFX 9.0 multimedia game engine.
Organizing Quick Launch Icons in Your Taskbar Area
There are certain operating system utilities, such as the calculator, text editor (called Notepad in Windows),
and file manager (called Explorer in Windows), for which I keep Quick Launch Icons in my Taskbar, as
these are used frequently in programming and new media content development work processes. I also keep
a wide range of new media development, programming, and office productivity applications on my Taskbar
as Quick Launch Icons, as you can see in Figure 1-25, which shows a dozen of these, including everything
that we just installed, in the order that we installed it, as well as a few others, including OpenOffice 4.3, DAZ
Studio Professional 4.9, and Bryce Professional 7.1.
Figure 1-25. Make Taskbar Quick Launch Icons for key system utilities, NetBeans 9 and new media
production software
There are a couple of ways to create these Quick Launch Icons; you can drag and drop programs right
out of the Start menu onto the Taskbar, or you can right-click icons on the desktop or in the Explorer file
manager and select the Pin to Taskbar context-sensitive menu option. Once icons are in the Taskbar, you
can change their position simply by dragging them to the left or to the right.
Congratulations! You’ve just created your new media Java Game and IoT Development workstation,
which is highly optimized, and will allow you to create any new media Java Game, or IoT project, that your
clients can imagine!
Summary
In this first chapter, you made sure that you had everything that you needed to develop innovative Java
Games or IoT projects, complete with the latest versions of Java 9, JavaFX 9.0, NetBeans 9 and all of the latest
open source new media software. This involved getting the latest Java 9 JDK and NetBeans 9 IDE software,
and then we installed Java 9 and then NetBeans 9. After that, you did the same for a gaggle of professional,
open source, new media content tools.